# Function Node with multi-output
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/function-node-with-multi-output/28031
**Category:** General
**Created:** [9 June 2020 06:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/function-node-with-multi-output/28031 "2020-06-09T06:26:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@jinyistudio](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jinyistudio)
#### Post date: [9 June 2020 06:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/function-node-with-multi-output/28031/1 "2020-06-09T06:26:04Z")
My Function node have 8 output. beacuse my msg.payload is a array. following code, Why always return value(it is a array[8]) to output1 😂
```auto
var outputMsgs = [];
var words = msg.payload;
for (var w in words) {
outputMsgs.push({payload:words[w]});
}
return [outputMsgs];
```
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### Author:  [@cinhcet](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cinhcet)
#### Post date: [9 June 2020 06:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/function-node-with-multi-output/28031/2 "2020-06-09T06:32:51Z")
not sure if I understand you correctly, but try
`return outputMsgs;`, since it is already an array
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [9 June 2020 06:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/function-node-with-multi-output/28031/3 "2020-06-09T06:35:37Z")
Hi, in order to make code more readable and importable it is important to post it between two sets of three backticks - ``` - see this post for more details - [How to share code or flow json](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-share-code-or-flow-json/506)
Your code is currently unreadable - please edit your post.
Secondly,
Read this [the documentation on functions](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/writing-functions#multiple-messages) it tels you about sending multiple messages
Basically, its doing what you asked. (if you want 1 mesage for each output, remove the outer array e.g.
```auto
//return [outputMsgs]; << for sending multiple as per docs
return outputMsgs ; // << for sending 1 per output
```
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### Author:  [@jinyistudio](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jinyistudio)
#### Post date: [9 June 2020 06:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/function-node-with-multi-output/28031/4 "2020-06-09T06:41:27Z")
thank,following code, it work ok.
```auto
var outputMsgs = [];
var words = msg.payload;
for (var w in words) {
outputMsgs.push({payload:words[w]});
}
return outputMsgs;
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [23 June 2020 06:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/function-node-with-multi-output/28031/5 "2020-06-23T06:47:11Z")
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